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Post by drielly on Feb 17, 2017 20:12:42 GMT -2
Vi essa expressão na música me and my broken heart - Rixton
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Post by Rodrigo Caldas on Feb 17, 2017 20:14:23 GMT -2
Oi drielly, Você poderia colocar uma parte da música aqui (de preferência umas 3 linhas antes e depois da frase) para que vejamos o contexto? Esse phrasal verb pode significar mais de uma coisa.
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Post by drielly on Feb 17, 2017 20:22:33 GMT -2
Claro! "Maybe some part of you just hates me/ you pick me up and play me/ how do we call this love?"
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Post by Rodrigo Caldas on Feb 17, 2017 20:40:21 GMT -2
Bom, pelo que entendi isso pode significar ter uma relação (sexual) casual com a pessoa. Como se tivesse brincando com os sentimentos dela.
Aqui algumas definições desse phrasal verb:
pick someone up
phrasal verb of pick 1. go somewhere to collect someone, typically in one's car. "will you pick the children up from school?" synonyms: fetch, collect, go to get, go/come and get, call for, go/come for;
give someone a lift, give someone a ride "be sure to pick up Kirsty from school"
stop for someone to board a train, boat, etc. "they were picked up by a passing ship"
informal
arrest someone. "she was picked up on prostitution charges" synonyms: arrest, apprehend, detain, take into custody, take prisoner, seize, capture, catch, take in; informalcollar, nab, run/pull in, nick, pinch, bust, nail, do, feel someone's collar "he was picked up by the police for questioning"
2. informal casually strike up a relationship with a stranger as a sexual overture. "he picked her up in a bar" synonyms: strike up a casual acquaintance/relationship with, take up with; More make advances to; informalget off with, pull, cop off with "he thought of going to a nightclub and picking up a girl"
3. return to a point made by someone in order to criticize it. "she picked him up on one niggling point"
4. make someone feel more energetic and cheerful. "songs to pick you up and make you feel good"
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Post by drielly on Feb 17, 2017 20:45:33 GMT -2
Obrigada! Faz bastante sentido no contexto.
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